Writing to know what I think.

Typhoon

News from the Philippines is dire. The typhoon that struck over the weekend is estimated to have killed around 2500 people, with some 11 million directly affected and 673,000 displaced. Details are still sketchy, with infrastructure literally blown away and I’m sure the full scale of the disaster will only become known as the coming days and weeks unfold. It’s looking like the worst typhoon on record. I know we always say that in the aftermath of an extreme weather event, but by any measure the scale of this one is staggering.

At such times, one feels desperate to help, yet also paralysed by a sense of one’s helplessness, so far away from those who are in desperate need. But there is something practical we can all do. Send money to the aid agencies. They’re on the ground now, trying to get things moving, but they need our support.